The Nights of Zayandeh-Rood
1990, Persian. Directed by Mohsen Makhmalbaf.
Through the tides of change, their lives mirror the river's silent witness to revolution.
A film about an anthropologist and his daughter during three periods: before, during, and after the Iranian Revolution. The daughter works in the accident & emergency department of a hospital, which is never empty of suicidal patients. The reason behind each suicide attempt is different, especially before and after the revolution. Looking for a reason to live, one of the suicide patients falls in love with the anthropologist’s daughter.
- Runtime
- 1h 5m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- Persian
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- Released
- 1 February 1990
- Original title
- شبهای زاینده رود
- Country
- Iran
- Written by
- Mohsen Makhmalbaf
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The Nights of Zayandeh-Rood isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 1 February 1990. (Checked 14 November 2026.)
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Who directed The Nights of Zayandeh-Rood?
The Nights of Zayandeh-Rood (1990) was directed by Mohsen Makhmalbaf and stars Manuchehr Esmaili, Mozhgan Naderi, Parvaneh Gowharani.